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Name: MANCHESTER HERO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched:
Completed: 01/1916
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 226
Dimensions: 5775grt, 3664nrt, 400.0 x 53.0 x 32.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 45 & 74 x 48ins), 465nhp
Engines by: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 135366
History:
01/1916 Manchester Liners Ltd, Manchester
1937 Barry Shipping Co Ltd, (B & S Shipping Co Ltd, managers), Newport, Mons
1937 Renamed ST WINIFRED
1939 Genovese di Navigazione A Vapore, Genoa; renamed CAPO VITA
09/03/1941 Sank
Comments: 09/03/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by HMS UTMOST (N19), 30nm NE Sousse, Tunisia.
No survivors


Photo courtesy of Kevin Blair

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